--\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flowerIt's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to seeLove is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>my gatekeeper archives are no longer accessible :( / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

I see things online that used to be and/or still are newspapersand/or magazines. Hal actually gets Scientific American andMaximum PC in dead-tree form.And won't let me put them in the recycling, even when they'remonths or years old. "I might want to read them again sometime!"This year, next year, sometime, never ....

One of the harder things I realized growing up was that at some point, thereis zero chance that you're going to delve into your 30 year collection ofScientific American...

Its made easier by the fact that many magazines now have deep online archivesavailable to subscribers.

I see things online that used to be and/or still are newspapersand/or magazines. Hal actually gets Scientific American andMaximum PC in dead-tree form.And won't let me put them in the recycling, even when they'remonths or years old. "I might want to read them again sometime!"This year, next year, sometime, never ....

I've got a half dozen Maximum PC mags in the truck for doctor visits. Ibring my own magazine and leave it there.

I see things online that used to be and/or still are newspapersand/or magazines. Hal actually gets Scientific American andMaximum PC in dead-tree form.And won't let me put them in the recycling, even when they'remonths or years old. "I might want to read them again sometime!"This year, next year, sometime, never ....

Somewhere, in a box, are all the issues of the Tandy Model 100 magazine.Along with the Tandy M100 and accessories. One day......

What have you got against SciAm? I've been a subscriber for ~15 years now andhaven't noticed a degradation in quality.

Next time through take a look at ALL the ads.

Dave, yes, some ads are still okay. but some are from kookville

--\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flowerIt's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to seeLove is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>my gatekeeper archives are no longer accessible :( / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

What have you got against SciAm? I've been a subscriber for ~15 years now and haven't noticed a degradation in quality.-Moriarty

I reflexively reject any authority that publishesan explanation of autism, and they've done that.

Huh? 'Splain please, what is wrong with explaining autism?

Glad to oblige. As a rule of thumb, the explanationbears no relation to previous ones (or the next one),is presented with uncritical approval, and offersno treatment or a ridiculous and dangerous one that,I hardly need say, doesn't work. And I'm talkingabout ostensibly respectable news sources, not theplain patent-medicine shills who merrily exploitdesperate parents.

I think the "Scientific American" one was somethingabout grey matter and white matter in the brain.And something about an ambitious, charismaticscientist leading a small team along a shaky branchof scientific thought which doesn't provide as muchfruit as they were hoping for. Then it snaps off.That's also usually the pattern.

What have you got against SciAm? I've been a subscriber for ~15 years nowand haven't noticed a degradation in quality.

Oh, sweet Summer child.

I started reading it in the early 1960s when C. L. Stong still conducted The Amateur Scientist column- I eagerly looked up back issues and wound up building my first telescope with instructions and hints from the column's immediate ancestor, The Amateur Astronomer. The magazine completely shut it down in 2001 along with all the other long-running columns when it "came under new management" for whatever reason. Maybe they didn't like the idea of mere citizens playing at science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Scientist

That's when it became "boring" to me.

I'm a hands-on guy and that column allowed us amateurs to construct some amazing tools, toys and instruments for cheap. Apparently citizens aren't encouraged to do things like that any more by whoever's publishing the rag these days.

Every once in a while I'll take a look at it, and the quality of the articles is definitely not up to what they used to be.

And let's not get into the editorializing, please. It started out as blatantly pro-technology- it styled itself "The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise" and "Journal of Mechanical and other Improvements" but at some point went about as Socialist as it is possible to become and still seek to make a profit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American

Some of the column was made into a book that's now out of print, but I have the CD version.